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Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra

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Western India, Gujarat

Date

Creation: c. 1275

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Cleveland Museum of Art Object Description
The first to achieve liberation, according to followers of Jainism, is the golden Jina named Rishabha. He is shown seated in glory on the first page of a Sanskrit text on yoga and meditation. This manuscript begins on the verso; the recto was left blank.

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Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra

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Painting

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Western India, Gujarat

Material

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Dimensions

Overall: 5.3 x 30.2 cm (2 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.);
height: 0.053metre;
width: 0.302metre

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Date

Creation: c. 1275

Provenance

(Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), ?–1971; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1971–; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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